"Your classes made the birth
of my second baby even easier and smoother than that of our first
baby"
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A Testimonial yoga story
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From Amy, a prenatal client. "I
did thoroughly enjoy your prenatal yoga classes--the physical
activity was wonderful. Also, I truly enjoyed the community
of pregnant women in tune with our bodies and so positive
and hopeful about the tiny bodies, minds and spirits of
the babies in our tummies. Your classes made the L&D
(Labor and Delivery) of my second baby even easier and smoother
than that of our first baby. Spring 2006
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From Brenda, a fibromyalgia sufferer
and Gentle Beginning Yoga client. "In taking Gail's
class, I don't miss my Vioxx as much. I'm not having any
spasms in my left leg and I can manage my stress better."
Summer 2005
- From Patsy, a 65 year old and Gentle Beginning Yoga Student.
I'd never taken a yoga class before a friend insisted
I "at least try" Gail"s Beginning Yoga class.
I found it to be a wonderful experience for my out-of-shape
condition! I couldn't do everything the rest of the class
did, but Gail set a level of comfort in every class, where
I felt comfortable in making whatever accomodations necessary
for my particular problems. She assisted and made suggestions,
but I was free to make whatever adaptations were comfortable
for me. After foot surgery, I wore a walking orthopedic boot
to class, and gradually began working back up to where I'd
been before I missed a few weeks. After Gail moved, I tried
two other classes, same title, but the instructors really
didn't "get" what beginning means. The last time
I went, I really hurt my knee. My fault for not accepting
my limitations, but the comfort zone was just not the same.
If you don't get to go to every class, you will lose continuity
in some classes by having to look at the instructor continually
because they abbreviate instructions. Not with Gail! She has
a wonderful smooth flowing rhythm of speaking that allows
you to totally focus on your own movements. Really miss the
comfortable, friendly atmosphere of Gail's class! Always very
professional, Gail makes it fun, relaxing, and rewarding,
and always has a smile that says, "I love teaching yoga!"
Always made me leave with a smile too, thinking, "I love
Gail's class!"
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Strengthen your thighs, arms and shoulders
with Warrior 2 pose
Pigeon pose isolates various muscles in the hips,
reducing stiffness and increasing flexibility. everyday activities
like walking and common sports such as cycling and running involve
hip strength but not hip flexibility. Most of us lead very busy
lives and this leads to stress. This stress in turn creates
tension in our bodies and often results in further locking up
our already tight hip sockets.
Incorporating Pigeon Pose into your daily routine
will help you to unlock your hips, move with greater ease and
relieve a considerable amount of tension.
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The "ABC's" Benefits from a regular Yoga practice!
A. STRESS RELIEF
Helps to reduces the physical effects of stress on
the body. By encouraging relaxation, yoga helps to lower the levels
of the stress hormone cortisol. Related benefits include lowering
blood pressure and heart rate, improving digestion and boosting the
immune system as well as easing symptoms of conditions such as anxiety,
depression, fatigue, asthma and insomnia.
B. PAIN RELIEF
Helps to ease your pain. Studies have demonstrated
that practicing yoga postures, meditation or a combination of the
two, reduced pain for people with conditions such as cancer, multiple
sclerosis, auto-immune diseases and hypertension as well as arthritis,
back and neck pain and other chronic conditions. Some practitioners
report that even emotional pain can be eased through the practice
of yoga.
C. BETTER BREATHING
You'll be taught how to take slower, deeper
breaths. This helps to improve lung function, trigger the body’s
relaxation response and increase the amount of oxygen available to
the body.
D. FLEXIBILITY
Improving your flexibility and mobility, increasing
your range of movement and reducing those aches and pains. Many people
can’t touch their toes during their first yoga class. Gradually
they begin to use the correct muscles. Over time, the ligaments, tendons
and muscles lengthen, increasing elasticity, making more poses possible.
Yoga also helps to improve body alignment resulting in better posture
and helping to relieve back, neck, joint and muscle problems.
E. INCREASED STRENGTH
Your Yoga postures use every muscle in
the body, which helps you to increase strength literally from head
to toe. And, while these postures strengthen the body, they also provide
an additional benefit of helping to relieve your muscular tension.
F. WEIGHT MANAGEMENT
Your Yoga practice (even less vigorous styles)
can aid weight control efforts by reducing the cortisol levels as
well as by burning excess calories and reducing stress. Yoga also
encourages healthy eating habits and provides a heightened sense of
well being and self esteem.
G. IMPROVED CIRCULATION
Improving your circulation and, as a result of
various poses, more efficiently moves oxygenated blood to the body’s
cells.
H. CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITIONING
Even if you practice a gentler yoga, you can provide
cardio-vascular benefits by lowering resting heart rate, increasing
endurance and improving oxygen uptake during exercise.
I. FOCUS ON THE PRESENT
While you are practicing your yoga, the
practice helps you to focus on the present, and you become more aware
and this helps create a mind body health. It opens the way to improved
concentration, coordination, reaction time and memory.
J. INNER PEACE
The meditative aspects of yoga help many to reach
a deeper, more spiritual and more satisfying place in their lives.
Many who begin to practice for other reasons have reported this to
be a key reason that yoga has become an essential part of their daily
lives.
Yoga Benefits from the http://www.yogadayusa.org/TryYoga.html
website
Contact Gail at 409.727.3177
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